18 Apr 12 07:58, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> RN> Then that would make the PT a ripoff of the '49 Suburban.

 RW>> The PT is supposed to remind you of a 1930s Chrysler product. Plus
 RW>> the PT came out before the HHR, so it was first to market.

 TW> Originally conceived as a Plymouth model, the PT Cruiser received the
 TW> Chrysler nameplate on introduction in anticipation of the 2001
 TW> discontinuation of the Plymouth brand.

Shoulda read further: The Pronto Cruizer (pre-cursor to the PT by a year)
was designed as a modern interpretation of the Chrysler Airflow.

The Chrysler Airflow was an automobile produced by the Chrysler
Corporation from 1934 to 1937. The Airflow was the first full-size
American production car to use streamlining as a basis for building a
sleeker automobile, one less susceptible to air resistance. Chrysler made
the first effort at a fundamental change in automotive design with the
Chrysler Airflow, but it was ultimately a commercial failure.


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